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The Lord Weighs The Heart
A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart. Proverbs 21:2, NIV God knows your true motives. You may try to justify your actions based on what you know, and you may feel like you are doing the right thing, but God will look at your heart. He will check your desires and the factors that contribute to your decisions. This is the reason why we need God’s guidance. Sometimes, we are deceived by our selfish motives. We reason according to what we think is right. However, on the inside, our hearts desire something that will instantly fill the emptiness yet destroy us in…
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When You Find It Hard To Ask For Help
Are you going through something difficult right now, and you find it hard to ask for help? It’s clear that you need someone who will listen to you, but you just don’t have the courage to do it. Perhaps you tried reaching out before, but no one really stayed with you, and that pain created fear in your heart. From then on, you kept everything on your own, thinking that life is much better if you hide the deepest wounds in your heart. But then, they are just days when you want to express everything. They are just instances when you really want to pour out the heavy burdens in…
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What A Person Desires Is Unfailing Love
What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar. Proverbs 19: 22, NIV The book of proverbs reminds us that our hearts desire for the kind of love that never fails. And sad to say, we can’t receive this from mere humans. We are living in a broken world that is dominated by sin and imperfections. That’s why, whether we like it or not, we will eventually experience pain not just from strangers but from people who are close to our hearts. This is the reason why there’s a space in our hearts that only the unfailing love of God can satisfy. He alone can…
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Seek God’s Wisdom Above All Else
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge. Proverbs 23:12, NIV We are somehow living in a world where people tend to feel entitled to the things that they have or the knowledge that they gained. And because of this, they rely so much on what they learned rather than listening to trusted and wise people. We may sometimes think that we have already gone through enough experiences in life and that we don’t need other people to instruct and guide us, but this verse simply reminds us to seek wise counsel. There are still so many things that we need to learn, and other people…
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God Looks At The Heart, And He Saw What We Are Doing For Others
One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw an angel of God, who came to him and said, “Cornelius!” Cornelius stared at him in fear. “What is it, Lord?” he asked. The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God. Acts 10:3-4, NIV Cornelius was known to be a centurion. According to some commentaries, a devoted Jew wouldn’t normally like him since he was an officer of the Roman army. The Romans believed in many gods but Cornelius believed in the God of the Jews. In Acts 10:2, it says there that he…
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When the Situation requires you to Keep going while your Heart is Breaking
You will make it. You may find it hard to comprehend the things that God allowed you to experience, but take this moment as your chance to grow. Sometimes, life feels so harsh. You tried to follow what God asks you to do, thinking that He will protect you from pain, but God’s ways are higher than our ways. His wisdom is higher than our expectations. And just because our heart is breaking doesn’t mean we can no longer move forward. Just because we go through problems doesn’t mean there’s no hope left. You will overcome the circumstances that you are facing. Just don’t allow the pain to hinder you…
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Sometimes, God will take you to a Secluded Place so that you’ll deal with your Heartaches
God wants you to deal with the pain. If you will you keep it hidden and buried, it will manifest in your words, deeds, and thoughts. It is very important for you to face the issues that you are going through in life. It won’t be easy. Many times, you will feel the pain again. But the process is always worth it. Sometimes, God will lead you to a place where you can be alone with Him, and that’s where He will lead you to the process of healing. So if you find yourself doing things on your own, then maybe God is giving you a chance to focus on…
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Your Values are more important than your Outer Beauty
God sees things differently. The world will tell you that beauty is more important than your character and values, but God will always remind you to focus on what’s going on inside. The world will tempt you to improve the things the people can see, but God’s love will compel you to work on things that will bring you to eternity. There are things that we consider important, but in the eyes of God, its value can’t even equate to what he already put in our hearts. This is the reason why you need to stop following the standards of this world. You will just feel broken and empty if…
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Don’t just dwell on your own Understanding
It takes humility to accept the truth that you don’t know everything. It may seem like you’ve been through a lot of journeys in life, and you probably learned so many things, but that doesn’t give you the assurance that you will easily figure out the solutions to your next problems. You never really know what will happen next. You don’t know how this world works not until you ask the Creator Himself. So please don’t rely on your own understanding. Don’t focus on your own knowledge because God will prove to you that there is still so much more that you need to discover. Open your heart and allow…
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God will Surprise you in Ways you can Never Imagine
God is working even in the midst of storms and problems. You may not feel His presence, but He is there. He is giving you the grace you didn’t even deserve. He prepared surprises that will make you realize who He truly is. So don’t make any conclusions yet. There are still a lot of things that will happen. Your life may appear the same, but the truth is, behind every difficulty that you experience is a chance for you to see real transformation in your life. You always have a choice, but the weird thing is even if you take the wrong path, God will still lead you back…
